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Many experts have examined the challenges of marketing to and recruiting Millennials, or Generation Y; people born between about 1981 and 1998. But coming right behind them is Generation Z — and they have the capacity to turn decades of strategy upside-down.
For years, professionals in marketing, branding, and recruiting have used to Facebook to target both Generation X and Millennials. But Facebook’s 2014 Demographic Report has just announced the news that 3.3 million users aged 13-17 have left the site since 2011. That’s 25% of the country’s entire age group. And Twitter? Only 10% of high school students are on it, according to Statista.
Where are the young social media users going instead? As Mashable points out, “Gen Z favors Snapchat, Whisper, and Secret — ephemeral and visually engaging platforms that cater to the youngsters’ eight-second attention span”…and which are yet to be penetrated by any sort of marketing presence. Luckily, the age group is also joining Instagram, where brands like Audi and Oreo have found great success. 12% of Generation Z was on the photo-sharing network in the fall of 2012; a year later, 23% of them were on it.
What does this mean for brands trying to reach this rising demographic? Let’s quickly review the latest info on Millennials to see how the two groups differ.
60% of Millennials upload videos, image, and blog entries to the web, compared to 29% of other age groups. 84% say that user-generated content on company websites has at least some influence on what they buy. 95% wants brands to actively court them, while 80% expect brands to entertain them. Millennials also send about 20 texts per day.
When it comes to talent acquisition, 53% of Millennials are applying for jobs through LinkedIn — but 19% are also doing so through Google Plus and 10% are using Facebook. 39% of Millennials want their jobs to have a positive impact on the world. And here’s a useful stat for non-profits in both marketing and recruiting: 73% of Millennials volunteered for a non-profit in 2012.
What about Generation Z? Forget about Generation Y’s two-screen activities; every day, Z’ers multi-task across at least five screens, according to a Sparks & Honey report, and 41% spend at least three hours on computers or mobile devices for non-school activities. The internet plays a huge role in their lives: 52% use social media, including YouTube, for school research assignments. 20% read their textbooks on tablets. 32% collaborate with their classmates online.
While the Y’ers are texting, Z’ers are sharing images (such as on Instagram) and videos. Generation Z is also focused more on creating social media content, as opposed to just sharing others’ creations.
In terms of employment, 26% of 16- to 19-year-olds currently volunteer, a number that I’m sure will rise as the rest of cohort ages out of middle school. 60% wants their jobs to impact the world — 21% higher than Millennials. And 76% would like to turn their hobbies into full-time work, compared to 50% of Millennials.
And lest you think that Generation Z is “just kids” — their average weekly allowance is $17, which adds up to $44 billion a year.
So, marketers, branders, and recruiters, you need to be where the two generations overlap — and where a huge segment of the population is heading. That means looking beyond LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. It means more images and videos. It means “snackable” content for short attention spans. It means campaigns with user-generated content, so Gen Z’ers can create their own stories. For recruiting, it means highlighting corporate social responsibility and environmentalism, concepts that have not been embraced by the generation before them.
Generation Z is just now entering college, which means they’ll be interning and working during the summers. Some will forgo college and its mounting debt altogether, and head directly for the workforce. They’ll be looking for jobs and for ways to spend their money. Will you be there for them when they are? My agency can help.
Jody Ordioni is President of Brandemix.
Nothing can bring about more bad karma than squashing the hopes of the hopeful. That’s why I kept my mouth closed when a friend ebulliently shared his excitement about his new opportunity with a popular major market radio station. Just kidding. I actually said “Radio? Do people still listen to radio?”
With Playlists, Grooveshark, Pandora, Sirius, SoundCloud, Spotify and Audible (just to name a few), I question the continued relevance of radio in our lives.
Further research unveiled the latest data from the CMO Council which confirmed my suspicions. Radio spend is indeed dropping, albeit not as fast as its ailing cousins (print and TV). Not surprisingly, the biggest changes upward are in interactive spending including social advertising, social media, video, retargeting, and search.
I also read that an unnamed source at GM predicted that car makers will remove radios from the dashboard of new cars within the next five years.
But before you turn the dial off, there are a few inconsistencies.
– In a recent MarketingCharts Debrief on ad channel effectiveness, traditional media such as TV and print outweighed digital channels in stated purchase influence among consumers.
– Highlights from the March 2014 RADAR® 120 National Radio Listening Report claims that the total U.S. radio audience has increased by more than 1.2 million weekly listeners since March 2013, and now reaches 244.4 million Americans on an average weekly basis. Daily time spent listening among radio listeners ages 12 and up now averages approximately two hours and 41 minutes a day, holding steady from the previous year. I also believe in radio’s ability to connect with a both a local community as well as a passive audience of people who are hearing your message as they drive to work, or sit at work or listen to the weather, news, and traffic delays.
So, whether you’re on the air or on the internet, or just in charge of radio ad sales, there’s still some hope for your career. Like everything else, radio is evolving to a digital platform but will still be an important consideration for marketers looking to extend their brand reach through an integrated marketing approach.
The most important thing is to reach for your dreams, whether they’re on the air or in the clouds.
Integrated marketing success hinges on having a great website. And consistent, relevant social media. And consumable content across responsive media. But the crucial element to bringing it all to life is video. Validated in the latest surveys and best-practice case studies, it’s evident that video is truly changing the way we brand, market, inspire, and engage with our target audiences.
How important is video? Here are just a few statistics: ComScore has found that the average person watches 17 minutes of video ads a month. 73 percent of shoppers are more likely to purchase a product or service if they can watch a video explaining it beforehand. And eMarketer claims that more than half of computer users aged 25-54 share videos online.
On the employment marketing and talent acquisition front, CareerBuilder internal’s data shows that job postings with video icons are viewed 12% percent more than postings without. Employers on CareerBuilder receive 34% more applications when they add video to their job postings.
Video is reaching shoppers, job-seekers, social media fans, and the general public. Here are some specific examples:
A CopyPress survey showed that 52% of marketing professionals cite video as the content with the best ROI, second only to feature articles. Brands are using all sorts of videos to reach audiences in unusual ways.
As Brandemix’s CEO, Jody Ordioni, showed earlier this year, some of the most shared videos of recent memory found the perfect balance between on-brand communications and out-of-the-box thinking. Dove went far beyond its TV commercials with its “Real Beauty Sketches” that examined how women view themselves. Volvo created a series of “epic stunts” of amazing feats atop, around, and between its trucks. And Chipotle produced a short film about a scarecrow that will bring tears to your eyes.
But video marketing doesn’t have to be as elaborate as a woman tightrope-walking between two moving 18-wheelers. Employers are using short-form video platforms — Instagram (15 seconds max) and Vine (6.5 seconds) — to create some truly astonishing content. I’m thinking of Oreo’s recipes and magic tricks on Vine or General Electric’s “ain’t science cool?” videos on Instagram.
Why is this news? Because all of these companies already advertise on TV. But, whether it’s four-minute computer animation or six-second optical illusions, these videos take the brands and their messaging into a whole new direction. And find thousands of followers waiting for them.
Video has really transformed employment marketing. It allows employers to show off its workplace, its workers, and its culture. For example, I’ve always loved this recruiting video from Rackspace, which shows not only how much fun it is to work in a former shopping mall, but also the culture that the company has created within that unique space. Hubspot now provides one-minute videos for each of its featured positions, with current employees telling job-seekers what they’re looking for in each department. And Accenture has created a “day in the life video” that stars four employees and shows what each of them does all day — and I mean all day, starting at home, with breakfast.
Video content leaves regular job listings in the dust, but it also outshines the most robust careers sites, where text and photos only go so far. Video can touch job-seekers in a way like no other. A recent Aberdeen report found that 65% of employers are planning to invest in video recruitment tools.
Companies can use video for general employer branding as well. Adidas recently shot a fantastic video that makes its employees look like sports champions — not the pro athletes who wear the gear. Adroll’s “How We Roll” video (love that “roll” branding) shows off its entire workspace, with a long pause at its kitchen of free food. And I’ve concocted a few ideas about how Google Glass can even let job-seekers get a peek at the C-suite of some bold organizations.
You can see how video is changing virtually every interaction a company has with the public. Whether you’re a local business, major retailer, non-profit, or government agency, it’s time to add video to your marketing, branding, or recruiting campaign. If you’d like to learn how we can help you with your video project, drop us a line.
Jason Ginsburg is Director of Interactive Branding at Brandemix.
Park Place Career has the distinction of being the most popular careers account on all of Twitter. Its 106,000 followers exceeds its nearest competitor, The Walt Disney Company by 27,000 followers. How does the Dallas-area car dealership franchise do it?
One way to get 106,000 followers? Follow 107,000 people. It may not be “cool” to be following the same number of people that are following you — Justin Bieber’s ratio is 400 to 1 — but I doubt Park Place cares, when it has such a vast talent pool to recruit from. And I imagine many job-seekers take it as a nice compliment that a company they may want to work for is following them.
Park Place isn’t shy about using hashtags. One recent tweet included not only #Jobs, but also #DFWJobs, #DallasJobs, #FortWorthJobs, and #PlanoJobs. So anyone searching for jobs with any of these hashtags has a very good chance of spotting a Park Place tweet. I also think it’s smart to mention not only Dallas and Fort Worth but also “DFW” and the suburb of Plano, to make sure even different search terms bring job-seekers to the same destination. It’s a sort of Twitter version of SEO.
Park Place used a similar strategy for a recent tweet about body shop jobs. The company added #Painter, #Technician, #Prepper, and #Estimator to its link. So the car dealer is doing all it can to be found by people looking for opportunities by location or job title.
What else does Park Place tweet? Very, very little. Their short and sweet YouTube video, A Rewarding Automotive Career, occasionally gets a mention, as does their video about college internships. But aside from a mention of news or events in the Dallas area, that’s it. The Park Place Twitter is really just a stream of job listings with links and hashtags. But it works. Park Place attracts and retains the type of employees who help give many of its dealerships five-star ratings on review site DealerRater.
With such effective tweets, Park Place doesn’t even have to post that often. According to the Social Recruitment Monitor, last week, Park Place’s nine tweets generated 17 retweets and a surprising 48 replies. I also count seven favorites in that time period. For recruiters and HR managers lamenting the time and resources social media can require, here’s proof that a small-scale but well thought-out strategy can be very effective.
Park Place’s Twitter is pretty simple: Job listings, hashtags, and an occasional link to other content. It provides a model for any organization to start a no-frills Twitter recruiting campaign. Of course, Park Place has employer branding on its side; the Dallas Morning News has named it one of the Top 100 Places to Work in the Metroplex four years in a row.
Need to improve your employer branding or social recruiting? Brandemix can help.
Jason Ginsburg is Director of Interactive Branding at Brandemix.


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Design industry economic forecast: plenty of appetite for growth but exports facing headwind
A survey carried out by the Finnish Association of Designers Ornamo shows accelerating growth and a year-on-year rise in profits among Finland’s design industry.
The number of design industry businesses seeking growth outstrips the national average for SMEs and is seeing strong, year-on-year growth in this consistently dynamic sector. More than half of the businesses surveyed by Ornamo reported an increase in their turnover compared with the same time last year. A total of 23% of businesses reported a downturn in their turnover, while last year the same figure stood at 38%.
However, exports are stalling and growth is not sufficient to drive a rise in the industry’s combined turnover. In 2014, the total turnover for Finnish design industry businesses stood at EUR 3.1 bn, down from EUR 3.2 bn in the previous year. The figures are based on Statistics Finland’s enterprise data, published as part of the design industry economic forecast.
Underlying the downturn is the radical downscaling of Finland’s manufacturing sector, which the growth in services cannot match. In order for the industry to continue to develop, it is critically important that Finnish businesses set their sights on the international market.
“Businesses that can compensate against the shortfall in domestic demand by accessing the international market will be the ones best placed to meet the current challenges,” Salla Heinänen, Executive Director at Ornamo, said. “It is worth noting that growth in the domestic market remains fragile.”
Calls for new international export strategy
Of the respondents, 16% reported that they are making determined efforts to expand their international activities. According to 8% of respondents, their international business activities are well-established and seeing steady development. The figures have remained unchanged since 2013. Of the businesses currently engaged in export activity, 38% reported that exports represent less than 10% of their total turnover.
This highlights the need to reform the international export system, something Ornamo has included as one of the organisation’s public policy objectives.
“At the EU level, design leads the way in intangible exports. Design has expanded conceptually to encompass services and strategic planning and, having done so, is ideally place to offer added value to several other export sectors,” Salla Heinänen pointed out.
It is crucial that, for export strategy purposes, design is viewed as part of the wider product development and innovation sector.
“For example, Finnish design agencies have a genuine role to play in exporting our technological innovations onto the wider international market,” Heinänen said.
Ornamo is also calling for greater access to funding to support design sector exports and to reduce the bureaucracy surrounding it.
“In order for us to make effective use of Finland’s export promotion programmes and the funding available, we must be able to focus the resources directly on the exporters’ key products. The process for applying for export funding must be quick and require no specialist expertise, otherwise it will remain inaccessible to smaller companies,” Heinänen explains.
Finnish design businesses increasingly growth-driven
The findings of an economic survey carried out by the Finnish Association of Designers Ornamo in the summer of 2016, show that many of Finland’s design industry businesses are pursuing ambitious growth targets. Of the respondents, 70 per cent expect their turnover to rise in the following year. A significant number also expect to see rising profits in 2016–2017. Some 12 per cent are strongly growth-driven, while 63 per cent will pursue growth to the extent possible.
Ornamo’s annual economic survey provides an overview of the Finnish design industry and current trends. This year’s survey was carried out in June 2016 and attracted responses from 130 Finnish design sector businesses.
Finnish design industry economic survey 2016: https://www.ornamo.fi/en/research/ornamo-economic-survey/

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The cryptocurrency market has been experiencing bearish sentiments over the last few months as the prices of bitcoin and other high market cap altcoins continue to fall below the initial support levels. The bearish market sentiments are also reflective in the options market, a derivatives market that helps investors hedge their funds against risk. Before unpacking what the put-call spew reveals, we should understand what bitcoin put and call options are. The options market is a derivative market, in the same way, the futures market is. The options market works like this:.
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- Cryptocurrency flows in Africa
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Bitcoin "doesn't seem to be scaring off the institutions. In fact, they're capitalizing off of it," said one crypto expert. Complex financial products being peddled to investors least equipped to handle the risks is an echo of the last financial crisis, Krugman wrote. With more than 17, cryptocurrencies in existence and counting, there are more than triple the number of crypto coins than there are US stocks.
Bitcoin keeps coming back in the headlines. With any Bitcoin price change making news and keeping investors guessing. In countries that accept it, you can buy groceries and clothes just as you would with the local currency. Only bitcoin is entirely digital; no one is carrying actual bitcoins around in their pocket. Bitcoin is divorced from governments and central banks.
It's organized through a network known as a blockchain, which is basically an online ledger that keeps a secure record of each transaction and bitcoin price all in one place. Every time anyone buys or sells bitcoin, the swap gets logged. Several hundred of these back-and-forths make up a block. No one controls these blocks, because blockchains are decentralized across every computer that has a bitcoin wallet, which you only get if you buy bitcoins.
True to its origins as an open, decentralized currency, bitcoin is meant to be a quicker, cheaper, and more reliable form of payment than money tied to individual countries.
In addition, it's the only form of money users can theoretically "mine" themselves, if they and their computers have the ability. But even for those who don't discover using their own high-powered computers, anyone can buy and sell bitcoins at the bitcoin price they want, typically through online exchanges like Coinbase or LocalBitcoins.
A survey showed bitcoin users tend to be overwhelmingly white and male, but of varying incomes. The people with the most bitcoins are more likely to be using it for illegal purposes, the survey suggested. Each bitcoin has a complicated ID, known as a hexadecimal code, that is many times more difficult to steal than someone's credit-card information. And since there is a finite number to be accounted for, there is less of a chance bitcoin or fractions of a bitcoin will go missing.
Bitcoin is unique in that there are a finite number of them: 21 million. Satoshi Nakamoto, bitcoin's enigmatic founder, arrived at that number by assuming people would discover, or "mine," a set number of blocks of transactions daily.
Every four years, the number of bitcoins released relative to the previous cycle gets cut in half, as does the reward to miners for discovering new blocks. The reward right now is As a result, the number of bitcoins in circulation will approach 21 million, but never hit it.
This means bitcoin never experiences inflation. Unlike US dollars, whose buying power the Fed can dilute by printing more greenbacks, there simply won't be more bitcoin available in the future. That has worried some skeptics, as it means a hack could be catastrophic in wiping out people's bitcoin wallets, with less hope for reimbursement. Which could render bitcoin price irrelevant.
Historically, the currency has been extremely volatile. As the total number creeps toward the 21 million mark, many suspect the profits miners once made creating new blocks will become so low they'll become negligible. But with more bitcoins in circulation, people also expect transaction fees to rise, possibly making up the difference. One of the biggest moments for Bitcoin came in August When the digital currency officially forked and split in two: bitcoin cash and bitcoin.
Miners were able to seek out bitcoin cash beginning Tuesday August 1st , and the cryptocurrency-focused news website CoinDesk said the first bitcoin cash was mined at about p.
Supporters of the newly formed bitcoin cash believe the currency will "breath new life into" the nearly year-old bitcoin by addressing some of the issues facing bitcoin of late, such as slow transaction speeds. Bitcoin power brokers have been squabbling over the rules that should guide the cryptocurrency's blockchain network. On one side are the so-called core developers. They are in favor of smaller bitcoin blocks, which they say are less vulnerable to hacking.
On the other side are the miners, who want to increase the size of blocks to make the network faster and more scalable. Until just before the decision, the solution known as Segwit2x, which would double the size of bitcoin blocks to 2 megabytes, seemed to have universal support. Then bitcoin cash came along. The solution is a fork of the bitcoin system. The new software has all the history of the old platform; however, bitcoin cash blocks have a capacity 8 megabytes.
Bitcoin cash came out of left field, according to Charles Morris, a chief investment officer of NextBlock Global, an investment firm with digital assets. To be sure, only a minority of bitcoin miners and bitcoin exchanges have said they will support the new currency. Investors who have their bitcoin on exchanges or wallets that support the new currency will soon see their holdings double, with one unit in bitcoin cash added for every bitcoin.
But that doesn't mean the value of investors' holdings will double. Because bitcoin cash initially drew its value from bitcoin's market cap, it caused bitcoin's value to drop by an amount proportional to its adoption on launch. No one truly knows.
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Nigeria is now the No.2 bitcoin market on this fast-growing global marketplace
Almost all major cryptocurrencies fell on Tuesday and the market slump has extended into Wednesday. The causes for the sell-off are far from clear, with several theories making the rounds. Here's a roundup of what analysts and market participants are saying:. The most popular theory among market commentators is that fears about a regulatory crackdown in Asia are driving the sell-off. Fiona Cincotta, an analyst with City Index, said in an email on Wednesday: "The sell off comes amid concerns of fresh crackdowns on virtual currencies by the South Korean and Chinese government and as governments across the globe are struggling as how best to regulate bitcoin.
Cryptocurrency flows in Africa
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The use of cryptocurrencies in Africa is on the rise, as digital currencies offer a swift, convenient, and direct peer-to-peer channel for remittance payments, international commerce, and savings. To better understand the global landscape around cryptocurrency use, Chainalysis , a leading cryptocurrency market research firm, recently released a report examining key geographic trends around the financial tool, including in the nascent African crypto market. Chainalysis finds that the largest crypto channel connects Africa to East Asia, although channels to Northern and Western Europe and then North America trail closely behind Figure 2. According to the report, the particularly high volume of funds sent from Africa to East Asia stems from the magnitude of Chinese nationals working in Africa. Importantly, access to these digital currencies is providing an alternative to both traditional intra-regional transfer payments and international remittance systems, as transferring funds via cryptocurrencies circumvents paying transfer fees that remain higher in Africa than in the rest of the world.
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The CoinDesk 20 filters from the larger universe of thousands of cryptocurrencies and digital assets to define a core group of Our research-driven methodology selects and ranks the top 20 assets based on verifiable dollar volume and exchange listings. The goal is to move beyond one-dimensional rankings to identify digital assets that matter most to the market.
Why does Bitcoin always go crazy in November?
NFTs or non-fungible tokens are a new type of digital asset that is steadily gaining popularity and dominating online media conversations around the world. In this article, we look at the status of NFTs in China. While Chinese regulators do not object to NFTs as a concept, authorities do not appear as enthusiastic over its financial use. China is also opposed to any technology function engaged in the domain of cryptocurrency. NFT was probably the most popular word in , and this phenomenon continues into
Why is Bitcoin’s price at an all-time high? And how is its value determined?
This article seeks to explore some of the activities being undertaken by businesses and cryptocurrency startups using these strategies to preserve and retain their token value. The cryptocurrency market is in a down-swing for various reasons. Due to trading pairs and co-dependencies when Bitcoin and Ethereum start dropping in value all the other tokens often suffer harder hits due to their reliance on these major players. Naturally, businesses that have completed an ICO and are listed on secondary markets are forced to start exploring ways of preserving their token value. Cryptocurrency trading is still a relatively unregulated space. Large, centralized exchanges such as Coinbase, Binance and Kraken revel in being viewed as the major players providing security and liquidity across a wide range of tokens. They also impose rigorous compliance requirements for tokens wanting to list on their exchanges in a further effort to create the appearance of legal security and trust.
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Some People Have to Pay Almost $3,000 to Get the Top iPhone 13 Pro MaxSoftpedia News Bogdan Popa
iPhone 13 is now available for pre-order, and just as expected, the device is already selling like hotcakes in many regions across the world.
And while the shipping wouldn’t start earlier than the next Friday, it’s not hard to anticipate that the cheapest version of each model is likely to be among the best-selling devices this year.
But on the other hand, as it happens every year, the iPhone 13 is cheaper in some countries and more expensive in others, all due to things like taxes and everything else that eventually make a smartphone worth a small fortune.
The best example in this regard is none other than Brazil, as the iPhone 13 Pro Max comes with a massive price tag in this country. The 128GB version of the Pro Max, which is the base configuration this year, can be yours in Brazil for close to $2,000.
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Dur Hospitality participated as a platinum sponsor at the Future of Hospitality Summit (FHS), held September 19-21 at Jumeirah, Dubai. Co-organized by the Bench and MEED, FHS united hospitality industry leaders from around the world under the theme 'Lead the Change' to discuss the hospitality outlook in the region. The prestigious event brought together decision-makers and tourism and hospitality top players, as well as government leaders, hotel investors, owners, and developers, in addition to industry experts in the tourism and hospitality sector.
CEO of Dur Hospitality, Sultan Bader Al-Otaibi, said: “The Future Hospitality Summit is a unique platform and an effective communication channel among regional and global hospitality leaders and investors. Being a platinum sponsor at FHS is an exclusive opportunity for Dur Hospitality to overview the latest developments and exchange expertise to keep pace with the much-anticipated growth of the business and family tourism markets in Saudi Arabia.” He also emphasized the strategic role of the Kingdom’s tourism and hospitality market and its massive potential as one of the catalysts of economic diversification that is essential for providing jobs for young Saudi men and women.
Speaking during one of the panel discussions, Dur Hospitality’s President of Hotels Operations, Hassan Al Ahdab Al-Ahdab, shared Dur Hospitality’s success story in operating its properties and facilities based on best global practices, embedding a scalable and flexible efficient financial management system supported by world-class technologies to meet the customers’ needs. Al-Ahdab added that the COVID-19 pandemic had been a turning point for hospitality leaders to operate more agilely to keep pace with the industry transformations.
Dur Hospitality is currently implementing its expansion strategy to grow its hotels and resorts network and cement its position as a leading Saudi hospitality company to serve an expanding tourism and hospitality market.
The luxury residential complex Darraq Al-Hada will be launched during the third quarter of 2023. The compound, near the Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh, comprises 75 fully furnished luxury villas featuring the latest innovative home technology. In 2024, the Rixos Jeddah Resort will be opened on Obhur bay, boasting a luxury hotel, a water park, a children's club, and several villas with private pools. The five-star Makarem Al Madinah Hotel will be launched in the same year. With elegant rooms, suites, and sophisticated facilities, the hotel is anticipated to become one of the most luxurious hotels in Madinah.
In parallel, Dur Hospitality's homegrown brand, Makarem, is dedicated to serving pilgrims in the holy cities. “Nur by Makarem” was also highlighted at the event as an innovative brand that will revive affordable hospitality in Makkah and Madinah. This is in addition to Shada Hotels, which represents the best of Saudi Arabia’s heritage, and Dara Apartments, specifically designed to offer the Saudi family a more comfortable and extended accommodation option.
About Dur Hospitality
Dur Hospitality is a publicly listed company specializing in hotel operations, property & facility management, and real estate development & asset management in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The company runs an extensive portfolio of 33 properties ranging from hotels to residential communities across the Kingdom with over 5,500 keys and has 14 additional properties in the pipeline (until Q2 2022).
Through its wide range of differentiated hospitality and accommodation options, Dur serves its broad customer base of Saudi nationals, residents, and tourists through several of its specialized Saudi brands, such as Makarem Hotels, Dur Communities, Darraq, Shada Hospitality, and Dara. In parallel, by partnering with globally-acclaimed brands such as Marriott International, IHG Hotels and Resorts, and Accor, Dur enriches the Saudi hotel market with world-class accommodation selections embedded with its original, acclaimed Saudi hospitality.


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Imagine if you could plunge a straw into a juice box, suck up the juice, and then eat the juice box. That's what Professor David A. Edwards has essentially created. The biomedical engineer and his team of Harvard brainacs have invented a membrane and shell made from charged polymer and food particles that could enclose food (or liquid) and be a biodegradable (and edible) substitute to plastic bottles.
“The idea was to try to create a bottle which was based on how nature creates bottles,” Edwards said. The product, called WikiCells, can be peeled off or eaten.
So far, his lab has filled an orange membrane with orange juice, a tomato-flavored enclosure filled with gazpacho and even grape-sized packages filled with wine.
Edwards, who was previously known for developing inhalable chocolate and inhalable caffeine, says that the product will most likely be seen in restaurant settings first. But he has plans to sell it in specialty supermarkets.
Ultimately, he hopes to make it possible for people to create their own WikiCells packaging. He told the Harvard Crimson, “People in a village in Africa could become plastic bottle-free and make things for themselves. It's really exciting from a humanitarian point of view.”
That's all well and good, but let's hope these WikiCells hold their cargo well, because if they don't, the “WikiLeaks” puns they will invite because of the name will be inevitable.
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The Consumer Council for Northern Ireland response to Royal Mail Consultation on the Overseas Post Scheme Changes
The Consumer Council is pleased to respond to Royal Mail’s proposed changes to its Overseas Scheme.
Minutes from the 301st meeting of The General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland on Friday 27 March 2020.
Held with Zoom Teleconference.
Budget Energy customers in Northern Ireland may have been left with questions following the announcement that Flogas Ireland has finalised an agreement to purchase the electricity supplier. The Consumer Council is shedding some light into what the acquisition means for consumers.
The Consumer Council is looking to provide practical help to households that are struggling financially during this COVID-19 crisis.
- Consumer Skills
- Personal Finances
NIE Networks and The Consumer Council are reminding the public to stay safe and guard against bogus callers on the doorstep. There are concerns that bogus callers may take the coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to take advantage of consumers.
Following the news of easyJet’s data breach, The Consumer Council is advising all easyJet customers to be very cautious of any communications purporting to come from easyJet or easyJet Holidays.


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For each $1 donation to Make-A-Wish Central New York guests will receive a Make-A-Wish Star Donut as a thank you
SYRACUSE, New York – Dunkin’ Donuts today announced it will partner with Make-A-Wish Central New York for the fifth year to celebrate World Wish Day, the day the organization was founded in Phoenix, Arizona, and to help make the wishes of local children come true.
From Saturday, April 29 through Sunday, May 7, guests who donate $1 to Make-A-Wish at participating Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants in Central New York will receive a specially-crafted Make-A-Wish Star Donut, while supplies last. All proceeds will benefit Make-A-Wish Central New York. Since 2013, the Star Donut campaign has raised over $208,000 for the local chapter.
“Dunkin’ Donuts is privileged to continue its support for Make-A-Wish Central New York, a charity that works day-in and day-out to help make the wishes of local children come true,” said Eric Stensland, Field Marketing Manager for Dunkin’ Donuts. “I encourage the residents of Central New York to enjoy a special treat while supporting an organization that is so important to our community.”
The star-shaped specialty donut, topped with blue and white icing in honor of Make-A-Wish, will be available at participating Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants in Central New York beginning on April 29.
“This partnership is a dream for Make-A-Wish Central New York,” said Diane Kuppermann, president and CEO of the Make-A-Wish Central New York. “Dunkin’ Donuts is invested in our mission to grant wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions and they are committed to creative opportunities like the Star Donut Campaign that provides both funding and awareness for the organization. Dunkin’ Donuts and their loyal customers annually support the Star Donut Campaign to make wishes come true for children throughout the region. Their partnership is significant in ensuring both funding and awareness for our mission.”
Incorporated in 1985, Make-A-Wish Central New York is dedicated to granting the special wishes of children between the ages of 2 ½ and 18 who are living with a life-threatening medical condition. Since inception, the organization has granted nearly 1,700 wishes throughout its 15-county region, which includes Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, St. Lawrence, Tioga, and Tompkins counties. Make-A-Wish® is able to continue to share the power of a wish® thanks to the generous support of the community.
For more information on Make-A-Wish Central New York and to learn how you can become involved visit www.cny.wish.org or call (315) 475-WISH (9474).
About Dunkin’ Donuts
Founded in 1950, Dunkin’ Donuts is America’s favorite all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked goods. Dunkin’ Donuts is a market leader in the hot regular/decaf/flavored coffee, iced coffee, donut, bagel and muffin categories. Dunkin’ Donuts has earned the No. 1 ranking for customer loyalty in the coffee category by Brand Keys for nine years running. The company has more than 12,200 restaurants in 45 countries worldwide. Based in Canton, Mass., Dunkin’ Donuts is part of the Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: DNKN) family of companies. For more information, visit www.DunkinDonuts.com.


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Takah Sushi owner Casey Coffman said Thursday that the 34-year-old restaurant will shutter in April, making it the third Aspen eatery planning to close this spring.
Finbarr’s Irish Pub is scheduled to close April 2 following the recent sale of its space, and today marks the last day for Johnny McGuire’s, which closes two years after the building’s sale to developer Mark Hunt, who plans to replace the space with a lodge.
Takah was for sale in 2014 before Coffman decided to remain open another year under the management of her daughter, Sasha Sells. Coffman said a number of factors played into the restaurant’s decision to call it quits: an expiring lease, increased lease rates and the fact that Takah is not Sells’ passion. Coffman said the previous owner wanted to up the rent, but the new owner, a group led by Beverly Hills businessman Benjamin Nazarian, wants significantly more.
“I don’t know who can make it at the rent that the new landlord thinks is market value,” Coffman said. “I can’t make it at that rent and make my living.”
She is still willing to sell the brand, and some have expressed mild interest, but maintaining the business would be highly contingent on a potential deal with the landlord.
“Unless some white knight rides along and grabs it from me, it’s going to (close),” Coffman said.
Coffman and her ex-husband George Sells opened Takah in 1981, and the business kept her in debt for seven years. At first, Coffman was just trying to pay her mortgage, but Aspen “was not ready for raw fish.” That would change with visitors from Los Angeles and New York, who were hip to the concept. Soon, big-name diners such as Yoko Ono, Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman and Rupert Murdoch were stopping in, Coffman told the Times in 2008.
Nearly 35 years later, after earning a good living and putting two children through college, Coffman said she understands some people are sad to see Takah close. Others, such as her competitors at Kenichi and Matsuhisa, are not so sad, she said.
Coffman said the restaurant’s closing is just one reminder of a town-wide trend, where new property owners are buying up Aspen real estate and lease rates are skyrocketing. While she ran her restaurant to make a living, some business owners in town aren’t concerned with profit and loss, she said.
“Aspen is so attractive for people to be here. It’s so beautiful,” Coffman said. “And for people who really have a lot of money, it’s even more attractive. It’s pocket change for a lot of these people.”
Takah is tentatively scheduled to close April 18.
Standing outside his sandwich shop Thursday, Terrence McGuire said there’s no reason rent should be so high in Aspen.
“There’s an elephant in the room here, and nobody’s talking about it,” he said, adding that the city should provide affordable commercial space along with its affordable housing. “Keep some local businesses here.”
The only trend he sees are local shop owners bailing. He said he needs to do about $1,000 a day in sales to survive in Aspen. Lately, there’s been weeks where Johnny’s sales are less than that for five of the seven days. He said he’s been on the fence about closing the business for a few years and that Hunt’s plans only made his decision easier.
Resident Mike Kashinski was eating outside Johnny’s on Thursday with two friends. A good friend of Coffman and Sells, Kashinski said he’s been eating at Takah and Johnny’s since the late 1980s, when he moved here. He said the loss of local business owners hurts. Even the end of the “new guy on the block,” Finbarr’s, is unfortunate, he said.
“Just getting one last sandwich,” Kashinski said.
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A judge has ruled that Juliana Pfister, the daughter of the late Nancy Pfister and grand daughter of Aspen visionary’s Art and Betty Pfister, can proceed in her claims of insider-dealing against the family’s former trustee, attorney Andy Hecht, and others.


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Polish Post has introduced a program that allows customers to set up digital profiles they can use for government transactions, such as registering businesses and managing social security payments.
To participate, customers must visit a Polish Post office to verify their identity, Post and Parcel reported last month.
The program is being offered through five offices in Warsaw. Once the trial is complete, it could be extended to hundreds of offices across central European nation.
“As a trusted public institution that provides safe and secure mail delivery, Polish Post is a natural partner to provide services facilitating contact between citizens and state institutions,” said Jerzy Jóźkowiak, Polish Post’s president.
The program will use the digital communications platform Envelo, which Polish Post introduced in 2013.
The state-owned company has about 86,000 employees and 7,500 offices and other facilities.
The pilot is another example of a post seeking new ways to help people conduct online transactions with public agencies. The Postal Service’s Secure Digital Solutions is working with industry experts to develop digital products and services for consumers, the mailing industry and the federal government.


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JRT Partners has opened a new Pizza Patrón at 49255 Grapefruit Blvd. in Coachella, California. In addition to the company’s standard carryout service, this restaurant also features a dining room, a drive-thru lane, and Lincoln Fast-Bake ovens that cook fresh, custom-made pizzas in 3.5 minutes. The new store is located near the home of the […]
California Brand Developmenthas opened a new Pizza Patrón, the nation's No. 1 Latino pizza brand, in Atwater, California, at 1847 Bellevue Road. This continues the partners' development of the I-99 corridor with plans for 20 store openings within 48 months. The store is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 11 […]
Pizza Patrón announced today that it is seeking to reverse the average 4 percent drop in sales that it sees during Lent each year by launching its “Pizzas de Cuaresma” campaign. The promotion features two Lent-friendly pizzas, the Spinach Clásico (a customer favorite) and La Vegetariana. Pizza Patrón’s Spinach Clásico pizza is a creamy blend of […]
Pizza Patrón announced today four exciting new party paquetazos (combos) that each includes chicken wings and pizza, just in time for those planning events and parties for the big game. "Over the years, we have discovered that our customers often times make two trips for their parties or game-watching events–one for pizza and the other […]
For the second year in a row, Pizza Patrón will be raising funds in all its stores nationwide for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital during the month of October. Pizza Patrón stores have St. Jude posters and counter top displays that explain why and how to donate. St. Jude is a pediatric treatment and […]
For a limited time, July through September, Pizza Patrón is offering the Toluqueña pizza, featuring a three-meat combination of pepperoni, ham, and the company's new chorizo. Pizza Patrón is well known for its Hispanic customer focus, and the Toluqueña pizza is a part of Pizza Patrón's strategy to bring a piece of home to its […]
After two intensive years of development, Pizza Patrón is rolling out a new chorizo topping, and it will be in all stores by July 1. “As the leading Latin pizza brand, we should have the best and most authentic chorizo topping of any pizza chain,” says Andrew Gamm, brand director for Pizza Patrón. “Toluca, Mexico, […]
Starting April 18, Pizza Patrón launched a media campaign that reflects recent shifts in its core customer base. For more than a year, the company has been crafting its new marketing strategies to focus on a younger, bicultural demographic. This marks a major change from Pizza Patrón's previous advertising that exclusively targeted an older, Spanish-preferred […]
Pizza Patrón announced that it will make its most successful limited-time offering item, the Spinach Clásico, a permanent part of its menu. "We have served our Spinach Clásico as an LTO before during Cuaresma (Lent), and it was the most successful LTO in our company history," says Andrew Gamm, brand director for Pizza Patrón. "We […]
Pizza Patrón will be a sponsor of this year's Festival de los Mavs, planned for March 5 at 12:30 p.m. at AT&T Plaza in Dallas. The No. 1 Latin Pizza brand will be there all day serving hot, freshly baked pizzas. Pizza Patrón is the American Airline Center's exclusive pizza vendor operating six concession units […]
Pizza De la Comunidad LLC signed a development agreement with Pizza Patrón to enter the San Diego market with 11 locations over the next three years. Restaurant industry veteran Pete Tucker formed Pizza De la Comunidad LLC with an investment group of local San Diego business professionals including Robert Rubio, of the Rubio family, founders […]
Chain announces the launch of a new line of frozen pizzas in six varieties: Pepperoni, Cheese, Meat Trío, Mexicana, Patrona, and Hawaiana.
The pizza chain teams with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in October.
Pizza chain rolls out a promotional twist on the more than 200-year-old Mexican game of chance, Lotería.
Promotion in which 12-inch medium Amigo Pizzas with one topping are priced at $2.99 will run every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday through August.
Company partners with Fishbowl Marketing, provider of e-mail and online guest marketing solutions for restaurants.
Chain launched its ¡Fútbol-Gana! promotion to run in tandem with the World Cup.
Dallas-based, Latin-focused pizza chain now has 100 stores open in seven states.
Pizza Patrón, the nation’s No. 1 Latin pizza brand, opened its first of 16 new stores in Atlanta in April.


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Naples, FL-based ACI Worldwide has ankled Janet Estep to its Board of Directors. Estep serves as president and CEO of NACHA – The Electronic Payments Association that oversees the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Network.
Fiserv and Early Warning have partnered to expand the availability of real-time capabilities in the U.S. The partnership will initially facilitate real-time bill payment and deposit capabilities for users of the NOW Network from Fiserv or the good funds network from Early Warning.
Walgreens, the nation’s largest drugstore chain, this month launched Western Union Bill Payment services staged via digital self-service kiosks, allowing customers to make payments to 15,000 billers across the U.S. and beyond.
PayNearMe has inked a deal with 7-Eleven to introduce the PayNearMe Bill Pay app, enabling U.S. consumers to pay over 17,000 national and local billers with cash using a convenient barcode scan at participating 7-Eleven stores.
Doxo announced the National Grid has made available to its customers the doxo application to enhance the company’s customer engagement and experience by offering a paperless account and billing option. Through doxo, National Grid’s electricity and gas customers, across New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, can now receive their bills and other account documents, organize account information, and make payments directly from their free doxo account.
Naples, FL-based ACI Worldwide welcomes the nation’s leading community banks, credit unions, and industry partners and experts to its annual ACI Technovation Conference, September 14-16, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois.
Naples, FL-based ACI Worldwide has ankled James C. Hale to its Board of Directors. Hale has more than three decades of management experience in banking and international payments innovation.
Visa announced the opening of a new technology development center in Bangalore, India, that will play a central role in the company’s efforts to accelerate digital commerce globally.
In today’s CardFlash News Que: ACCEPTEMAIL (WU); MYBANKTRACKER (awards); and ACCEPTMAIL (reseller);
U.S. Bank, the fifth largest U.S.bank, has selected Biller Advantage from Fiserv, which enables the bank’s business customers to provide electronic billing, presentment and payment (EBPP) options to their customers.
There is a huge digital commitment gap between bills paid online or mobile and statements delivered digitally. New research finds 72% of bills are paid through online or mobile channels”but only, only 39% of statements are delivered digitally.
Zoho has teamed with Forte Payment Systems to offer electronic payments directly with Zoho Finance apps. Using Forte’s RESTful architecture and Web Services, Zoho was able to integrate the additional options for payment acceptance seamlessly and easily into their already comprehensive software solution.


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At the close, Droneshield was flat for the day at 17 cents per share. But it will certainly be interesting to see how the market reacts to the results on Friday morning.
Results indicate growth
Droneshield notched up another record year for revenue in FY20. Customer receipts and research and development (R&D) amounted to a total of $5.4 million in revenue. This equates to a 58% rise in overall revenue compared to FY19.
The company was quick to note that its customers continue to grow in depth and quality. Notably, customers now include the US Air Force, the Australian Department of Defence, and the New Zealand Defence Force.
Droneshield chair Peter James also remarked in the 2020 annual report that a large portion of the revenue was derived from high-quality ‘blue-chip’ customers. This includes contracts with government agencies of the Five Eyes community.
The counter-drone company also advised that its high-conviction sales pipeline remained strong at $100 million in active contract discussions. While the total sales opportunities have grown to $200 million.
Additionally, Droneshield reported a strong cash position after the company raised $17 million in late 2020. Borrowings also remain at a low amount, with $107,000 at the end of December.
Lastly, Droneshield’s net loss after tax reduced to $5.87 million, down from $7.70 million in 2019.
Future outlook hazy
With $35 million in R&D since the company’s inception, Droneshield continues to invest in broadening its product and solutions offering. More recently, it has produced software that communicated with Droneshield’s other products. The software provides alerts and visual monitoring to customers.
Droneshield is attempting to expand its software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering through products such as these, which would provide more reliable and steady revenue.
Other than the $100 million high conviction pipeline, there wasn’t much more information provided on Droneshield’s near-future outlook. This is likely due to the lumpy nature of the company’s product sales.
Droneshield share price snapshot
The Droneshield share price has returned a total of 0% over the past 12 months. That’s right – if you invested a year ago, you are right where you started.
Keep in mind that the company has also carried out capital raises which dilutes the share price. Therefore, even though the share price is the same, the company’s total market value has increased.
Based on today’s Droneshield share price, the company’s market capitalisation is now $66.3 million.


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Brud, the company behind the virtual celebrity Lil Miquela, is now worth at least $125 million thanks to a new round of financing the company is currently closing. Meanwhile, new venture-backed companies like the superstealthy Shadows, SuperPlastic and Toonstar are all developing virtual characters that will launch via social media channels like Snap and Instagram, or on their own platforms.
It’s all an effort to test whether audiences are ready to embrace even more virtual avatars — including ones that don’t try to straddle the uncanny valley quite as blatantly as Miquela and her crew.
The investors backing these companies say it’s the rise of a new kind of studio system — one that’s independent of the personalities and scandals that have defined a generation of Vine, YouTube and Instagram stars — and it’s attracting serious venture dollars.
“The way I look at it… a lot of it is going to be like any kind of content studio,” says Peter Rojas, a partner at the New York investment firm Betaworks Ventures. “In 2019 and 2020 we’re going to see a lot of these… we’re going to see a lot of people putting out a lot of stuff.”
Los Angeles-based Brud is by far the most established of this new breed in the U.S. (at least in terms of the amount of money it has raised). Last year the company scored at least $6 million from investors, including Sequoia Capital, BoxGroup and other, undisclosed, investors.
And the company has done it again, and is in the process of closing on somewhere between $20 million and $30 million at a pre-money valuation of at least $125 million led by Spark Capital, according to people with knowledge of the round. Miquela “herself” teased that “she” had something to “share” with her roughly 1.5 million followers. Brud declined to comment.
If Miquela is arguably the most successful U.S. version of this new breed of entertainer, the collective behind the account is far from the only one.
Experiments in avastardom have been percolating in popular culture since at least the rise of the Gorillaz — the Damon Albarn assembled musical supergroup that released their first EP “Tomorrow Comes Today” in late 2000. Or, depending on your definition, perhaps as early as Space Ghost Coast to Coast, the mid-1990s Cartoon Network series featuring an animated superhero interviewing real celebrities.
And that success spawned imitators like Hatsune Miku, who’ve capture the imagination and hearts of audiences globally. In November, a Japanese fan named Akihiko Kondo spent $18,000 to wed the avatar. And he’s not alone. Gatebox, the company that manufactures hardware to display holograms of various anime characters in homes, has issued at least 3,700 marriage licenses to fans like Kondo.
At Betaworks, the firm is exploring the popularity of these virtual characters — and the role that artificial intelligence and new content creation technologies will play in reshaping entertainment and social media platforms. The company’s Synthetic Camp, which launches in mid-February, is around what Rojas calls “synthetic reality,” including the rise of avatar-driven media like Miquela.
“We’re looking more broadly at the issues around manipulated or faked content and how do you address that,” says Rojas. “Algorithmically generated content and how things like generative adversarial networks are being used to create and synthesize new photo and video content.”
For Rojas, the development of powerful new tools that enable the creation of new characters in minutes that, in the past, would have taken humans hundreds of thousands of hours, can unlock all sorts of possibilities for entertainment.
“The celebrity part comes into play where we’re now at a point where you can create these photorealistic avatars and put them into videos and have them wearing clothes without having to spend millions of dollars on CGI,” he says.
Betaworks is betting on the content studio aspect through companies like SuperPlastic, a new startup launched by Paul Budnitz, the founder of the alternative social network ello and Budnitz Bicycles. Budnitz is perhaps best known for Kidrobot, a manufacturer of branded collectibles and toys for adults and kids everywhere. But the company also believes there are opportunities in backing the content creation toolkits that can power this new kind of media star, like its investment in the media creation tool, Facemoji.
“There’s no reason why you won’t see it across the board. Our appetite for fresh content and this stuff is kind of limitless,” says Rojas. “And I don’t see it as zero sum. YouTube didn’t kill television, it just became Netflix… Things can move in two different directions at the same time. More high brow and more complex and higher level and also more democratized and lowbrow and dumb. There’ll be avatar tools and apps and games and then we’ll see stuff that’s top of the pyramid stuff like Lil Miquela and Shudu.”
At Toonstar, co-founders John Attanasio and Luisa Huang went from developing a platform to developing a studio. The two met at the Digital Media Group within Warner Brothers and were tasked with trying to experiment with technologies at the intersection of media generation and distribution.
“Daily, snackable and interactive are the three things that you need to be successful in the world,” says Attanasio. “We saw the impact that the rise of mobile was having on linear. We sat through a lot of meetings where you looked at audience trends and you saw that going in the wrong direction in the wrong color.”
So the two founders began contemplating what a new, low-cost, high-touch media network might look like. “We looked at mobile and we saw the massive animation gap. Animation takes a long time and it’s expensive, the average season can cost $3 million to $5 million and bringing a new series to life can take three to four years.”
For Attanasio and Huang, those timelines were too slow to take advantage of the mobile content revolution. So the two built a platform that initially focused on letting user-generated content flourish — a kind of YouTube for animated, avatar-driven storytelling that could be distributed on any social media platform or on Toonstar’s own site and app.
Since that launch, the company has refined its business model to become more of a traditional animation studio. “We do daily pop culture cartoons… and partner with creators and influencers,” says Attanasio. “Our whole thing is driven by proprietary tech that allows us to do things really fast and at low cost… 50 times faster and 90 percent cheaper than typical animation.”
Attanasio also realized the importance of creative talent. “We had no shortage of content, but it was shitty content,” Attanasio says. “That’s when you realize… what we’re doing… there’s three ingredients… One is tech, one is process and the third is creative… if you have tech and process and you take away creative what you have is an ocean of shit.”
“We launched a channel called Poppy.tv. It was a blue chicken [and] she became musically famous,” Attanasio said. “Within three months Poppy had 300,000 followers and had an avid fan base for Poppy and her cast of characters.”
The content was episodic and ranged from 15 seconds to 30 seconds — and it was based on cartoon music videos. “That validated the thesis of can you create a cartoon influencer and can you have a broad audience be super engaged?… and the answer was ‘Yes,’” said Attanasio.
Then, taking a page from the early Cartoon Network playbook, Attanasio and Huang made the show interactive in a callback to the “Space Ghost” phenomenon. “We started doing cartoon live streams and the founders of Musical.ly asked us to do a weekly show that they would feature,” Attanasio says. “It was Poppy the Blue Chicken and we would broadcast for an hour every week. Famous musers on Musical.ly come in with a FaceTime… And there were games and all of it was live, in real time.”
It’s hard to overstate the importance of working with virtual characters, according to Attanasio. “We understand how much money you can make from the IP. When we’re working with creators or influencers they understand that you have this shelf life as an influencer, but as IP, that can go on in perpetuity. There is something to be said about building a character. We’re all children of Saturday morning cartoons.”
And Toonstar is building an audience. Its show, the Danogs, has 4.5 million weekly viewers, and the company recently launched Black Santa — a show developed in partnership with the former NBA All-Star and tech investor Baron Davis. The NBA star and studio analyst also committed capital to Toonstar’s recent seed funding, a round led by Founders Fund partner Cyan Banister. In all, Toonstar said it has about 45 million weekly viewers for all of its shows.
Those kinds of numbers are music to the ears, of Dylan Flinn, a former agent at the Los Angeles powerhouse Creative Artists Agency, who left to start his own company.
Flinn has partnered with the producers of BoJack Horseman on a new venture called Shadows, which has already launched two virtual avatars into the wild.
Flinn got exposure to the virtual media world while at Rothenberg Ventures, the now defunct fund that invested in virtual reality and augmented reality. “I still had that lens of looking at innovation and virtual worlds and I’ve always been fascinated by what social media is doing.”
For Flinn, the virtual element of what’s being created is vitally important to the success of these ventures. “We’re not trying to create humans,” he says. “We look up to the Mickey Mouses and Looney Tunes and the Bugs Bunnies of the world. When I look at these 3D, [computer generated] human-based characters, it’s so close to the uncanny valley. We want to develop characters and we want to tell fictional stories rooted in reality.”
Like Attanasio at Toonstar, Flinn sees the speed at which digital content can be created and brought to market as a critical component of its success. “When I was at CAA you see how much money is wasted on development every year. This was an approach which was like, ‘What if you can develop in public and the best content can win?’” Flinn says.
Shadows already has two virtual avatars out in the wild, but he declined to identify which ones they were. Ultimately, he said, the goal is to have 20 characters a year, because once a couple of characters come to market and get traction with an audience, new characters can be introduced to old ones and the universe becomes a discovery engine of its own. That’s a strategy that Miquela and her crew are also employing, with varying degrees of success.
Ultimately, these types of entertainments aren’t going to go away — at least according to the investors and entrepreneurs who are creating the companies that are building them.
“People are totally fine with things that are artificial,” says Rojas. “People totally connect with Mario from Super Mario Bros. We always tell stories and have characters in whatever medium are available to us [like] Instagram and Snapchat and YouTube and Twitter. Thirty to 40 years ago it was television and radio and movies. People are going to express themselves and avatars end up being a form expression.”
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Raising a glass to pet adoption
Published 6:00 am Friday, January 8, 2021
Cracking open a cold one is about to get a lot cuter.
Three Roads Brewing Company in Farmville, in partnership with the Southside Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), is currently holding a fundraiser to place the face of one lucky adoptable cat or dog on the label of its next batch of canned beers.
The fundraiser was brainstormed into existence by Southside SPCA volunteers and brewery workers as a fun way to raise money for the SPCA while promoting Three Roads beer and, potentially, finding a new home for some loveable Southside area pets.
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According to Katyana Bender, front of house manager at the Farmville Three Roads location, the fundraiser has been going on since November and will conclude in mid-February.
In order to participate, patrons at the brewery can place a monetary donation into a set of beer glasses displayed at the bar inside of the Three Roads location on West Third Street. Customers can place money inside the glass displaying a photo of which animal they’d like to see appear on the latest batch of canned beers. The four pets donors can choose from include two dogs, Ruby and Scout, and cats Annie and Tiara.
Whichever pet has received the most votes in the form of monetary donations will have their face added to the label of the Top Down Lemongrass Blonde beer Three Roads will be canning in March. Additionally, all proceeds from the project will go to the Southside SPCA.
Bender added Three Roads Brewing cans its four flagship beers, the Lemongrass Blonde, the High Bridge Helles Lager, the Drive by Juice Double IPA and the N150 India Pale Ale once every 14 weeks.
The special cans, she added, will be available where canned Three Roads beers are sold, including in both the Farmville and Lynchburg taprooms and several Farmville area convenience stores such as JW’s Express, Main Street Quick Stop, Tigers Corner, Whorsham’s Grocery and Rick’s Mini Mart in Meherrin.
Bender, who is a Southside SPCA volunteer, said Three Roads often holds fundraisers with the SPCA. The business is extremely pet-friendly, and it’s common to find a variety of furry friends at the brewery’s beer garden.
She added the community response to the fundraiser has been great.
Southside SPCA representative Steve Smelcer said Tuesday, Dec. 5, Ruby the dog is the only animal from the fundraiser to be adopted since the project began. The rest of the animals are still in search of their forever homes.
Smelcer emphasized Tuesday his excitement about the project.
“We just think it’s great,” he said. “We love Three Roads Brewing. It’s a great place for the community to come together. We’re big supporters of theirs, they’re big supporters for us. It makes for a really nice partnership.”


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Today, on Monday 6th January 2020, Colossal Motion is excited to announce its official launch and are pleased to announce its partnership with StratStep Group, with the induction of Colossal Motion as its new marketing division.
Colossal Motion has been specifically engineered with an aviation focus, and while it is a full-scale marketing company to all industries, it offers solutions - such as marketing support, end-to-end website design, content creation and strategy - to a vast range of businesses within aviation and beyond.
Having already secured over ten key aviation contracts more are to be announced soon alongside the opening of their new global headquarters in Cambridge in early 2020. The team at Colossal Motion is growing rapidly, with clients now based across Europe and North America, they are poised for significant growth in 2020.
‘We've found over the years that within the aviation sector many companies would handle their own marketing without any guidance or knowledge, but not always be effective, or it took away from their core focus.’ says Nigel Orme, Co-founder and StratStep Group CEO. ‘In addition, we found there was a mostly correct perception that marketing companies were too expensive for SME’s. What we've designed with Colossal Motion is a marketing ally that can offer bespoke, high value solutions and cost effective pricing, allowing SME’s to focus on what they do best, leaving the marketing to us to work towards getting the best ROI we can for them.’
Co-founder and Creative Director Kieron Baker says ‘Colossal Motion was born out of a necessity to support aviation businesses succeed with their marketing efforts, and to save time, allowing them to focus on whats important from an operational, regulatory or service standpoint. What we've created is an end-to-end, full-scale, responsive marketing company with industry and subject matter expertise that can drive growth and deliver uniquely rewarding solutions for its clients.'
You can follow Colossal Motion on social media (@colossalmotion) and catch them at one of the many aviation trade shows or careers exhibitions across Europe and the US.


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It has been reported this week that Marvel Comics is releasing a special issue of Amazing Spider-Man #583 on January 14, 2009 with Barack Obama on the cover. Marvel editor in chief Joe Quesada learned that Obama is a Spider-Man fan and said: "Fantastic! We have a comic book geek in the White House." The USA Today article points out that US presidents have appeared in comics since the days of FDR.
It's already predicted that the issue, which will have a face value of $3.99, will be worth as much as $20 the first day it goes on sale at comic-book specialty shops.


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Following its announcement of a first set of strategic partners on November 12, LINE Financial Taiwan today (21) invites Far EasTone and Taiwan Big Brother as strategic shareholders to go with the preparation team for the online bank license application. Xinye will keep 5% of the sections.
With two telecom companies compiling, the LINE Financial Taiwan team's set-up of the LINE Pure Online Banking team was structured, holds 49.9%, three financial companies with 40.1%, and both telecommunications companies with 10%. The Iron Triangle line includes: knowledge and knowledge in digital job areas, financial services, and telecommunications.
LINE Pure Online proprietors have a fixed structure, with LINE holding 49.9%, length & # 39; 4 of the financial industry, Taipei Fubon Bank has 25.1%, 5% of the Chinese Trust, General Banner and Federal Bank, and today connect to its; telecommunications industry. Far East and Big Big Taiwan, each one maintains 5% of the sections; Among them, Fuyin North and Taiwan have been a major player in Fubon Group, which is equivalent to the FUGU Caijia net line line at 29%.
In addition, in this section structure, LINE and the China Trust used to cooperate with LINE Pay in the past, and LINE and Yuanchuan also collaborated with LINE Mobile. They came into hands again in the relationship with "old friends." The outside world believes that LINE has a similar team base. Online banking can have additional points.
LINE, Taiwan's Chairman and General Manager of Chen Liren, said LINE has always kept an open mind, and hopes to bring business facilities with the LINE platform to build an innovative business ecosystem. In the field of financial technology, we hope to find interesting partners. Incorporating inclusive finance. The two telecom companies will come together with large telecom users and will also be able to access them. enhance team knowledge in large data and security technology.
Li Bin, Far EasTone's general manager, said that FarEasTone Telecom is committed to becoming the best contributor for digital consumer life, from LINE Mobile, a one-stop tele-communication service with LINE, in collaboration with technology services innovative financial. Far EasTone has established a closer link with LINE.
Li Bin said today's innovative digital life has become a development trend and a global financial business. In order to meet the diverse needs of consumers in terms of finance and network and promoting the innovation of financial technology, Far EasTone will add 5G, great data and work together. Gliocas, Internet Objects, and security and other business strengths, and LINE to build a strong financial digital life cycle, to provide more balanced real-time banking services to consumers to meet the new financial needs of consumers.
Zheng Junqing, general manager of Big Brother Taiwan, said Taiwan's big brother has changed to a new generation of network technology companies, and all of which includes the resources of the organization to play a strong advantage. This time, with 5% of the regional share, will support LINE Financial Taiwan together in online banking design, and is expected to be able to; using a variety of innovative technologies and security technologies such as telecom broadcasting capabilities and major information to create a platform of financial innovation by strategic stakeholders. Telecommunication data, community platforms and digital financial technology will link effectively to smart life advocacy services, and, Using technology to explore diversification business opportunities, and then transform Transformational Driving and the development of Taiwan's digital economy.
Chen Liren said that LINE Financial Taiwan had been working closely with the six partners to plan a business strategy for Taiwan's market features, and hopes to work with these financial businesses in & Financial industry and the telecommunications industry to develop different financial services.
In terms of its timetable for its & # 39; the application process, Chen Liren asked if he did not submit the application, he would be asked for by 2/15 the next year.
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Hi all – We’ve got a lot of passionate Star Wars fans here at PlayStation’s US headquarters anxiously awaiting November 17th, the launch of Star Wars Battlefront on PS4 and the launch of the Limited Edition PS4 Star Wars Battlefront bundle. Based on the recent Beta, this is shaping up to be the biggest, most authentic Star Wars game of all time. And that’s thanks to the hard work of the digital wizards at DICE and LucasArts.
We officially introduced “Where the Greatest Play” at E3 with a gaming inspired mural, which was painted throughout the week. We asked you to vote for your favorite PlayStation character to be the flag bearer in our gamer masterpiece and you chose the legendary Nathan Drake. You can take a look at the E3 painting process in action in the video below.
So here’s something a little bit different: We want you to mail us.
Seriously, we do. We want you to tell us how games have affected your life. If they’ve shocked you, or scared you, or changed you, we want to hear why. We want to hear how your experiences with games have defined you.
PS4’s North American launch heralds the dawn of a new gaming generation, and today we’re upping the ante with an interactive event called First to Greatness. Using DualShock 4’s Share button, you’ll capture and upload videos of your conquests across 64 challenges detailed on the First to Greatness site (see the full list here). The challenges are spread across a who’s who of PS4 launch titles.
Live from New York City, it’s the PlayStation Blogcast PS4 launch special! We dish up tons of hands-on impressions of PS4’s launch lineup including Resogun and Killzone Shadow Fall, Justin chats with the Young Horses behind PS4 indie darling Octodad: Dadliest Catch, and we conduct an insightful interview with renowned YouTuber boogie2988.
Today we’re launching Greatness Exchange*, a promotion exhibiting PlayStation memorabilia from the recent “Perfect Day” commercial, as well as items based on Killzone Shadow Fall and The Elder Scrolls Online. You can also enter to win rare concept art from the shoot, and even a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Guerrilla Games in Amsterdam.
With four weeks left until PS4’s November 15th launch, we are revealing the second TV spot in our Greatness Awaits campaign: “Perfect Day.” Perfect Day symbolizes the approaching launch day of the long-awaited PS4 system and you can watch the full video, which premiered last night during Monday Night Football, here.
You know that Greatness Awaits, but did you know that you can bid on it? Today sees the launch of BidForGreatness.com, a one-of-a-kind auction house showcasing ultra-rare PlayStation memorabilia seen in PlayStation’s Greatness Awaits brand film during E3. If you win a bid, you’ll be the owner of an exclusive, real-life piece of PlayStation history.
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Less than half of all cryptocurrencies actually serve any useful function or provide "real value" to the public, according to a study of the top 100 cryptocurrencies.
Research by Invest in Blockchain, a cryptocurrency analysis site, looked at the most valuable cryptocurrencies in terms of their market capitalisation. Only 40 were found to have working products.
"We evaluated each project's status, looked at its roadmap, checked its release history, and compared completed features to what the team promises to deliver in the future," the researchers said.
"A working product is active and available to the public... There are many projects in the top 100 [claiming] to have a 'working product' by a loose definition. [But] the mere existence of a product does not necessarily mean that the product is working."
The study comes amid a market-wide crash, with bitcoin, ethereum and other cryptocurrencies continuing to fall in value since markets shifted direction at the beginning of 2018.
One thing all of the top 100 cryptocurrencies have in common is that they're built on top of a blockchain – a type of online ledger that was first described bitcoin's 2008 white paper.
However, simply building a blockchain is not enough to meet the criteria for utility set by the researchers.
Among the projects that were found to have working products were popular cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, litecoin and bitcoin cash, as well as smart contract platforms like ethereum.
Less well known coins like the privacy-focussed Zcash and ZenCash also featured on the list of cryptocurrencies with a working product.
Functionality of these coins include secure transaction technology and in-built chat messaging services.
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According to The Wall Street Journal, Sony and major programmer Viacom have tentatively agreed to have Viacom’s cable channels be carried by an unnamed Internet TV service in development by Sony.
If true, Viacom would bring over 20 channels to Sony’s service, some of which include MTV, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon. Although neither Sony nor Viacom would comment on the deal, Sony has also reportedly been in talks with other programmers such as The Walt Disney Company and Time Warner. The service will recommend TV shows, and Sony’s interface is said to be “highly graphic and easy to use”.
Apparently, Sony plans to bring the service to their TVs and, crucially, PlayStation devices later this year, with phones a future possibility. In fact, the internet TV service is being “led by the part of the company responsible for the PlayStation console”, rather than Sony Pictures.
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“Every once in a while a product comes along that changes everything”. We all know Steve Jobs gave us that line when launching the, then outrageous, iPhone. This year, the 10th anniversary of the first iPhone ever released is celebrated and the world is expecting a great new phone. Much due to that event, people expect a great anniversary edition. But how much of an icon really is the iPhone?
Ben Lovejoy from 9to5 Mac described today how the iPhone stacks up against other iconic products we’ve had over the years (not all tech products), and how long it took to reach its peak in popularity and income. What is interesting to see is how much of a hit the iPhone is and was back then. Let’s rewind our time machine back to 2007 and we’ll see that Nokia reigned supreme with their N95, which I had and was really great, as well as Blackberry’s Bold, plastic keyboards were the standard (hey, Blackberry Key One fans), and phones were starting to develop some initial interfaces to interact with the ‘internet’ of the time.
Let’s rewind our time machine back to 2007 and we’ll see that Nokia reigned supreme with their N95, which I had and was really great, as well as Blackberry’s Bold. Plastic keyboards were the standard (hey, Blackberry Key One fans), and phones were starting to develop some initial interfaces to interact with the ‘internet’ of the time.
The iPhone came in and changed everything. A Mac-like interface on a phone! How super was having a real UI built into a phone? And that followed and competitors had to step up to give the public another option to Apple’s iOS. Google launched their Android version, and later on, Samsung started to rival with pretty good phones and the rest of the story we all know.
So let’s take a look and see what the iPhone really meant as far as how iconic it really is when compared to products like The Barbie Doll, Zippo Lighter, Toyota Corolla, Rubik’s Cube, Sony PlayStation, Sony Walkman, Nintendo Gameboy and DS.
Today the iPhone is a standard all others follow, and we’re here in the month of June when the original and first iPhone was released 10 years ago. Time to celebrate the gadget that initiated a revolution in our tech world!
Did you get a chance to own the first iPhone? What enhancement/feature do you think is the greatest the iPhone had over these years?
Leave a comment down below and let us know!
Author Bio: Ari Rando is a tech enthusiast ever since owned the Ericson T28 in 2000. iOS user since 2008, Mac OS user and Android frequent adventurous! Follow him on Twitter: @AARHDREAL


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皮耶里在大型消费类产品公司工作过多年，如Stride Rite和科迪斯（Keds）等。所以，这种夫妻店在推出新产品时所遇到的困难令皮耶里感到失望。她解释道：“越创新的产品，因为与主流和‘已知’相悖，因而越难销售。”因此，她在五年前成立了The Grommet，这个信息分享平台会将消费者与发明者的故事和产品联系起来。皮耶里的公司帮助发布的产品包括自制碳酸饮料机Sodastream和智能腕带Fitbit。她一直把惠普公司（HP）CEO梅格惠特曼作为自己的导师，并在哈佛商学院（Harvard Business School）担任入驻企业家。
Rafael Corrales, a partner at Charles River Ventures, believes that the growth in a wide range of fields—from academia to infrastructure to policy—is a sign that 2014 was the biggest year bitcoin has had yet, despite its volatility. “In the short-term, that’s an easy knock from people who don’t understand or believe it can be something,” he says. “It’s the easiest thing for them to go after. In that transition stage, you’re going to have extreme volatility, so looking at its value over one year is kind of silly.” As for occasional hacks, he adds, “There are going to be bumps in the short term, but they’ll be solved sooner than later. And these things are being addressed by a huge community of people. So you have to be really excited, despite small bumps.”
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"There are always jobs," Challenger says. "Companies are always hiring. But the competition is much tougher."
After Zhou contaminated the water, one of Zhou's classmates surnamed Tang noticed that the water coming out of the dispenser was milky and had a pungent scent.
"We will set the exact date and location for our operation in consideration of weather conditions, but it will not be publicised," said Park Sang-Hak, a former defector who has led a series of balloon launches
"Some geniuses in the internet industry created miracles, but that does not tell the whole story," said Chen. "Business has its own rules. Before you start up, you have to know how to produce products, how to sell them, how to manage a company. Those lessons you cannot expect a fresh graduate to know."
So far this year, companies have announced 376 share-repurchase initiatives for a total of $261 billion, according to data from Birinyi Associates. That's nearly 72% higher than 2012, though slightly lower when compared to the same period in 2013, which was a record year for buybacks.
Wang Chunfa, executive secretary of the China Association for Science and Technology, has expressed deep concern over the retraction, which came just days after he met in Beijing with Arnout Jacobs, the head of Springer Nature for Greater China.
With the release of his book Conscious Capitalism, Whole Foods (WFM, Fortune 500) CEO John Mackey got business leaders thinking about a compelling idea: Companies work best when they create value for all their stakeholders -- not just investors. According to Mackey, key stakeholders include customers, employees, suppliers, society, and the environment. Highlighting companies like Costco, Southwest Airlines (LUV,Fortune 500), and Google (GOOG, Fortune 500), Mackey demonstrates that thinking about more than just the bottom line builds stronger and more efficient businesses.
7. Big anti-corruptionprograms will be accelerated. We expect to see increased prosecutions,from approximately 140,000 per annum today to more than 200,000 in 2014. Thisaggressive push for integrity and accountability will set the country on astrong new course. Success will become much more about what you know ratherthan who you know.
The unemployment rate probably won't fall quite as rapidly in 2015, according to economists, especially if more people enter the labor force because jobs are easier to find. Yet another large spate of hiring similar to the gain in 2014 would make the low unemployment rate more believable.
But as economic growth slows in China, institutional investors from further afield say the city’s property market has overheated and is entering a correctional phase.
For the students interested in comparing school options around the world, US News released the fourth edition of its annual Best Global Universities rankings.
France’s HEC Paris and Essec Business School remained second and third, respectively, for the third year running.
Apple tops the list of World's 500 Most Influential Brands for 2016, compiled by New York-based World Brand Lab and released last Monday.
The report noted that 201 million people or 27 percent of Internet users were from rural areas, or a gap of 45.2 percent in the Internet penetration rate between urban and rural areas.
Type D personalities usually have a low self-esteem and a great fear of disapproval and this is the primary reason that prevents them from opening up to others.
That put outbound investment for October at $8.3bn, according to FT calculations based on official data, for a year-on-year fall of 26.5 per cent.
Zhang Jingxiu, executive director of Beijing-based employment consultancy Newjincin Research Institute, said he didn't monitor the significant decrease of students' willingness to start businesses, but he does admit the desire to found startups among students on campus is low.
Nearly 40 percent of China's young people born after 1990 have turned off notifications from social media apps due to the perceived negative impact of social media, according to the recently released Kantar China Social Media Impact Report, Beijing Evening News reported.
Who greets a member of any royal family, however young, with a high five?
A hero is one that doesn't want to bea hero. A hero is a one with all the possibility to make the choice but takethe responsibility of the moment. And it's really something hero has got to do.For example, in 9/11 some of the plane's passengers fought with the terrorists.In Fukushima's radiation leak, some people went and tried to fix the nuclearplant and died. But they have to do it. They are heroes. They don't try to beheroes. They take responsibility and try to do what is right.
“When I started in this business, Brooklyn was the alternative. Now it is a choice,” said Diane M. Ramirez, the chief executive of Halstead Property. “I see Queens becoming that way. The Bronx is not that far down the line.”
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